Sport sports betting levy amongst 'ingenious' Labour sport plans
24 July 2014
A wagering levy to help fund community facilities and deal with sports betting addiction is among proposals by Labour in a "long-term ingenious prepare for sport".
Moves to press Premier League clubs to contribute more to grassroots football are also being thought about.
Shadow culture secretary Harriet Harman said the Olympic "legacy" of increased participation had stopped working to materialise after London 2012.
And she said "strong federal government leadership" was needed to accomplish it.
Ms Harman will also consider bring back a requirement that school students do at least two hours of sport a week, which was eliminated by the union as part of education reforms.
Pressure on clubs
The proposals become part of Labour's More Sport for All assessment.
At present, deal with a levy on horseracing revenues - which raised ₤ 82m in 2015 - and Labour is thinking about extending the levy to cover all sports betting and consist of bets put online.
While the Premier League likewise presented a voluntary 5% levy on television incomes for the grassroots game, the party believes the way that sum is calculated implies it is frequently less that it could be.
The consultation is looking at increasing transparency into how sums are calculated and checking out procedures that would push the nation's wealthiest football clubs into correctly satisfying their promise.
The strategies being thought about also consist of:
New targets for female involvement in sport
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Increasing the number of ladies on the boards of sporting organisations
Ms Harman said: "We were all proud to host the Olympics and Paralympic Games in London 2 years earlier, but instead of seeing increased participation things have actually got even worse, especially amongst youths, as an outcome of the federal government axing school sports betting partnerships."
She added: "Our assessment looks at a variety of concepts which aim to boost investment in community and grassroots sports betting by quarreling the Premier League and wagering companies, restoring two hours of sport at schools a week and motivating more people to take part - ladies in addition to young boys.
"We need strong federal government management to develop a long-term ingenious prepare for sport and that is what this consultation seeks to do."
Clive Efford, Labour's shadow sport minister, added: "If we are going to get more individuals active then we need to empower the individuals who do the majority of the work in our neighborhoods to have more impact over how we prepare, arrange and provide sport and athletics at local level."
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